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8 Tips for the Work From Home Solopreneur

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Brett McKay, from the Art of Manliness Blog, adapted a great object lesson from Stephen Covey’s book, “First Things First.” The post 8 Tips for the Work From Home Solopreneur appeared first on StartupNation. Once you define your goals, move on to prioritizing them. He invites us to picture our workday as a container.

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Snap debuts its fifth cohort of Yellow accelerator startups

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The company invests $150,000 in each Yellow startup for an equity stake as part of the accelerator program, which first launched in 2018. “Snap’s Yellow Accelerator was founded to support mission-driven, creative entrepreneurs who are building at the intersection of creativity and technology,” the company said in a blog post.

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Robinhood buys Say Technologies for $140M to improve shareholder-company relations

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Say Technologies is a venture-backed startup, having raised $8 million in 2018, per Crunchbase data. In a blog post, Robinhood wrote that “Say was built on the belief that everyone should have the same access to the financial markets as Wall Street insiders.” ” What does that mean?

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

For 2018 we are planning for 300-plus attendees. To achieve SDG 8, you need to think in new ‘unreasonable’ ways. Suhaili’s commitment to education and innovation as a path toward decent work and economic growth earned him a nomination for 2018 EO Global Citizen of the Year. . In 2017 there were 200 attendees.

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4 Steps to Hiring a Rock Star COO (Plus, Why You Need a COO!)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A version of this article first appeared on Feliks’ Medium blog. . The processes I used to hire our first COO in 2012 and the second one in 2018 were basically the same and are strongly inspired by Topgrading as well as the Who Method. Above is the scorecard for our company’s COO opening in 2018 (sorry for the German!).

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Looking to decarbonize the metal industry, Bill Gates-backed Boston Metal raises $50 million

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Steel production accounts for roughly 8% of the emissions that contribute to global climate change. The first close of the funding actually came in December 2018 — two years before the most recent financing round, according to Tadeu Carneiro, the company’s chief executive. Although Gates did have a caveat.

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What I’ve Learned About Venture Funding

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blog here ). You grow from 8 to 45 people over night. April 30th, 2018. Amnesia sets in and we get back on the merry-go-round. I saw this great image on Twitter courtesy of Simon Wardley , CC3.0 It’s kind of a truism for life and certainly our industry. I see it in many young pups. Same as I felt. You hire too quickly.

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